Which team, if any, would trade for (and pay) Melvin Gordon?

Chargers running back Melvin Gordon reportedly has asked for a trade. OK, so who will trade for him? It’s a two-step process that will require a team to be willing both to give the Chargers acceptable trade compensation, and to pay Gordon the contract that the Chargers currently aren’t inclined to give him. Some have [more]

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Broncos throw first challenge flag for pass interference

Well, that didn’t take long. The Broncos threw the first challenge flag for pass interference in the first half of the Hall of Fame Game, and the NFL’s senior vice president of officiating didn’t need long to make a decision. Al Riveron promised at the NFL’s officiating clinic last month that to overturn a call [more]

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Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry: When Anthony Davis hired Rich Paul, I knew trade request was coming

At time, Gentry said New Orleans would never trade Davis

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Pete Carroll explains importance of music at practice

60-year-old head coach Vic Fangio doesn’t want music at practice. 67-year-old head coach Pete Carroll does. “I’ve always thought that it’s really important,” Carroll told reporters on Thursday regarding music at practice. “It’s really a valuable aspect of the practice experience. We also — we call on the Blue Angels that fly too, to just [more]

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Vic Fangio coaching despite not passing kidney stone

Vic Fangio was not about to miss his head coaching debut — preseason game or not. The Broncos new head coach spent much of the day at a Cleveland hospital with a kidney stone. He finally left the hospital, without passing the kidney stone. He began the Hall of Fame Game on the sideline, but [more]

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Thomas Dimitroff: Falcons prepared to make Julio Jones highest-paid WR

The Falcons have written some big checks recently. They are prepared to write one more. The team is in negotiations with Julio Jones‘ representation for an extension for the star receiver. Jones is in training camp, confident the sides will hammer out a deal. Michael Thomas reset the market at the position this week, signing [more]

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Trent Williams unfazed by Washington’s threat of fines

Leave it to Washington to find a way to make a bad situation with a player worse. Instead of mending fences with left tackle (and team captain) Trent Williams or trying to trade him, Washington reportedly hopes that mounting fines, at $40,000 per day, eventually will get Williams to cave. Per a league source, it [more]

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